“During the Cold War, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union af...” — Juan Manuel Santos Quote

“During the Cold War, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union affected virtually all countries worldwide. As a result, throughout Latin America, guerrilla groups emerged, seeking to destabilize military dictatorships and attain democracy, freedom, and policy reform - goals that they believed could not be achieved peacefully.”

“I am a believer in free trade, fair free trade.”

“We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper.”

“A terrific exercise is to take a paragraph of someone's writing who has a really strong style, and using their structure, substitute your own words for theirs, and see how they achieved their effects.”

“Hubris is interesting, because you get people who are often very clever, very powerful, have achieved great things, and then something goes wrong - they just don't know when to stop.”

“I'd like to thank the media for the respect they have shown me. It's nice to have achieved something by being ill that I never got when I was playing.”